OnePlus 17 wide-screen design rumor, Digi Mart USA News: A Weibo tipster known as Smart Pikachu has listed the OnePlus 17 among next year’s high-performance wide-screen smartphones, pitching the wider display as a gaming feature that gives players a broader field of view. The leak arrives less than a month after OnePlus launched the OnePlus 16 in China.
Smart Pikachu did not share a screen size, chipset, camera setup or launch date for the OnePlus 17. OnePlus has not confirmed the claim, and the expected specifications remain assumptions drawn from the OnePlus 16 rather than official details.
The rumor comes as demand for wide-display phones grows in China. Market tracker RDObservation says Huawei’s Pura X View passed 1 million units within 50 days of going on sale in September.
Oppo, Vivo, Honor and Xiaomi are all reported to be developing wide-screen models for 2027.
This would be the first leak to place a numbered OnePlus flagship in that category. In late October, Digital Chat Station suggested an Oppo-developed wide phone could launch under the OnePlus name in place of a successor to the compact OnePlus 15T, but that tip did not mention the OnePlus 17.
Smart Pikachu previously linked the OnePlus 17 to a display upgrade, claiming in mid-October that OnePlus was testing a 240Hz panel for the phone. The OnePlus 16 runs at up to 165Hz in everyday use and 185Hz in supported games, after OnePlus tested and dropped a 240Hz prototype during development.
OnePlus unveiled its last two numbered flagships in China in October: the OnePlus 15 in 2025 and the OnePlus 16 in 2026. The OnePlus 16 is not on sale in the US or Europe.
